How long does gzip take, help please

[mr-cracker]

hi all,
i've compressed my database 2.86GB into 681.6MB in name.sql.gzip

now i want to extract it, i used
gzip -d < trans.sql.gzip

I don't know if its been extracted or not, only textes are appearing in my ssh. i don't if that correct or not its my first time i use this command, i really need it urgently bcuz my website is down now

am i missing something or i just have to wait until it finishes??


EDIT: SSH finished but the file is still not decompressed its still in .sql.gzip format, what can i do please??


regards

 

[LawsHosting]

Use gunzip to extract?

 

[Dougy]

Use gunzip to extract?

gunzip is the way to do

 

[nobaloney]

On my CentOS servers gunzip is a separate binary program but on my kubuntu desktops, it's a simple script which calls gzip:

#!/bin/bash
PATH=${GZIP_BINDIR-'/bin'}:$PATH
exec gzip -d "$@"

Jeff